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[14] [15] The women's suffrage campaign proved successful, and the right for women to vote passed in the state in November 1911. [16] [17] During the California campaign, the suffragettes carried banners with several slogans; one was "Bread for all, and Roses, too!"—the same phrase that Helen Todd used in her speech the previous summer. [18] [19]
Votes for Women, a popular slogan in the campaign for women's suffrage in the United States, was also the title of a January 20, 1901 speech by American author and humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. [1]
War on women – phrase used to describe certain Republican policies and legislation that restrict women's rights, especially reproductive rights including abortion; We are the 99% – slogan coined and widely used during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street; the slogan refers to income and wealth inequality in the United States
"Believe women", a slogan of the #MeToo movement. The phrase was popularized after Justice Brett Kavanaugh's nomination hearings in 2018. Rainbow wave, a phrase to describe the record number of openly LGBT candidates for office in the 2018 midterm elections (over 400), [57] and in increasing numbers since that year (over 1,000 each in 2020 and ...
Here's the history and meaning behind Women's history month colors: purple, green, white and gold. ... in 1978 to support the Equal Rights amendment, 200,000 women dressed in white marched on ...
Celebrate Pride Month with these inspirational LGBTQ quotes. Find messages about hope and love from celebrities, activists and gay rights trailblazers.
The slogan gained its height in international traction following the internationalization of the Mahsa Jina Amini protests across European countries, United States and Australia. Prior to that, the slogan was also used by women's rights movements in a number of international gatherings. [8]
"My body / my choice" sign at a Stop Abortion Bans Rally in St Paul, Minnesota, May 2019 "My body / My choice" at Women's March San Francisco, January 2018. My body, my choice is a slogan describing freedom of choice on issues affecting the body and health, such as bodily autonomy, abortion and end-of-life care.